[Web4lib] Anyone Using Google Wave?

[rileyhuf]

I recently did a course redesign project with 2 other people in other
states. We used Google Wave for all our communication. It was the first time
any of us had used it for a project. It was fantastic for us. We were able
to attach documents, have synchronous and asynchronous communication and
incorporate our Google Docs. I am not sure of other ways to use it but if
you are working with folks at a distance it is great. There was no aversion
to trying it, but we are Instructional Design and Technology Graduate
students, I have not tried it with other Librarians.

I have a couple of tips for you, it runs way way faster in Google Chrome and
start a new wave when you get over 250 or so entries, it keeps everything
cleaner. We liked it so much we started a second project using it again. I
might add I am not a fan of group projects, but this was the absolute best
team experience I have ever had and I wonder if the Wave contributed to
that. Our communication was excellent.

Thanks,
Debra

On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 5:08 PM, D.H. Mattison <dmattison at shaw.ca> wrote:

> April 12, 2010
>
> This is all great feedback, but I'm confused about your comment regarding
> your inability to resize and reposition the active Wave window, if that's
> what you meant. While it's true you can't reposition the active Wave
> window,
> you can certainly maximize it so it fills the whole screen.
>
> I think that Google Wave will come into its own once the Federation
> Protocol
> is up and running and more servers are available outside of Google's. The
> Novell Pulse product appears to be the first commercial implementation of
> the Federation Protocol.
>
> Aloha,
>
> David Mattison
> Aloha Fact and Image Finders
> Victoria, BC
> dmattison at shaw.ca
> cameraworkers at gmail.com
> http://www.google.com/profiles/CameraWorkers
> http://davidmattison.wordpress.com
> http://digitalarchivist.wordpress.com
> WebJunction Google Wave for Libraries:
> http://www.webjunction.org/890/-/resources/overview
>
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Debra Riley-Huff
Web Services Librarian
Assistant Professor
JD Williams Library
University of Mississippi
University, MS 38677
662-915-7353
rileyhuf at olemiss.edu